Chapter 2: Stuck With The Insecticon

Ratchet and Arcee watched the Insecticon and the rock he dropped on the ground. Ratchet realised that he destroyed on his tools, all of his tools.

"Insecticon! I needed...All that!" Ratchet shouted. He picked a clench and threw it at the Insecticon faceplate and it hit it.

"Wha-la-la-la-la!" the Insecticon shouted back. He moved toward Ratchet with his blaster replacing his hands. Ratchet jumped surprised.

"No! You don't attack any autobot!" Arcee shouted.

The Insecticon stopped: "Yes my queen!" His hands came back and moved by her side.

Footstep resonated near a door which opened automatically. Ultra Magnus entered in the room.

"What is going on h-" Magnus saw the Insecticon who was taller than him. "Ratchet. Arcee. Report now," Magnus said.

Arcee explained what happened and Magnus had his mouthplate opened when he heard the Insecticon made her his queen. He quickly recovered from it and he looked at the Insecticon.

"I understand," Magnus said with professionalism. "Insecticon, do you have a designation?"

"No," the Insecticon replied.

"Are you going to attack any autobot?" Ultra Magnus asked.

"If my queen asks too," The Insecticon replied. "I only obey my queen."

Ultra Magnus knew that Arcee wouldn't attack the autobot.

"Ultra Magnus," Arcee walked closer to him. "We need to get rid of him. Just calling me queen is too much. Every time I hear it, I feel like I'm Airachnid."

"Did you order him to-"

"Yes. He won't go away. I also tried to ditch him, but as I said, he came there despite the distraction," Arcee answered.

Ultra Magnus put his hand on his chin plate and he thought about the best option. It was evident that the Insecticon won't go away from Arcee no matter what she tried. If he was a more sensible bot, he would pity his state with the scratched on his paint and his dent on his helm. A sound was made and he saw the Insecticon scratching his arf. He is a little vulgar. But it's clear he won't attack anyone under Arcee command or if no one attack him. Ultra Magnus noticed.

"What is your decision commander?" Arcee asked.

"Commander?" the Insecticon asked confused.

"He's my superior," Arcee replied.

"No one is over my queen!" the Insecticon shouted walking closer to Ultra Magnus and raising his chestplate. He stopped in front of him and didn't attack.

He's trying to intimidate me. Ultra Magnus noticed. He remembered that Arcee forbidden him to attack. "I saw bigger than you. Also, I was her commander before you made her your queen. She had to respect my authority."

The Insecticon gave up and returned by Arcee side.

"Ultra Magnus. What is your decision?" Ratchet asked ready to open the Bridge.

"As Optimus said..." Ultra Magnus started. Ratchet and Arcee knew what was next. "Every sentient being deserve a second chance."

Both Ratchet and Arcee aren't happy about it while the Insecticon yawned.

"What's boring about it?!" Arcee shouted.

"My processor starts to slow down. I didn't recharge for a long time. Scavenging energon for too long. I can't override it anymore," the Insecticon replied.

"Anyway. He deserved a chance to prove himself," Ultra Magnus replied.

No one will disrespect Optimus memory, so they gave in.

"Alright," both Arcee and Ratchet grunted.

"First. I think you both need Knock Out to check you and see if you are damage," Ultra Magnus ordered.

Arcee checked herself and saw nothing, but she remembered that her backplate must be damage after the Insecticon threw her.

"Alright sir," Arcee nodded. She walked at the medic room and the Insecticon followed her; a little too close in her personal space. "Too close."

"Sorry my queen," The Insecticon replied. He just stayed one more inch away from her.

Arcee noticed it and she sighted.

Ratchet looked at Ultra Magnus and he sighted: "I have a bad feeling about it."

"It's not like from what you said about Starscream. We are not a war anymore and he's serious about it," Ultra Magnus replied.

"I know, but I still have a bad feeling about it in my spark," Ratchet replied.

"I hope you are wrong," Ultra Magnus replied.

"I think I'll have to watch Knock Out. I know he's not found of Insecticon," Ratchet said walking away.

Meanwhile, Arcee entered in the medic room with the Insecticon. They heard the sound of Knock Out was buffing himself.

"Knock Out! You're expertise are needed!" Arcee shouted.

"Okay. I just need to finish buffing my chestplate," Knock Out replied. "You should stop shouting at me. I'm an autobot now."

"Come here now or I'll scratch your paint!" Arcee shouted.

They stopped hearing the sound and Knock Out came.

"Okay. I didn't do anything to...deserve-" Knock Out noticed the Insecticon. "Another one of those ugly bugs."

"A what?" the Insecticon asked confuse.

"Never mind," Knock Out replied. "I can see why you came. You're backplate is really scratched and needs some paintjob to be good as new."

"Good," Arcee replied. She knew she wasn't damage or he'll say something else before the paint job. Knock Out winked at Arcee who glared back.

"As for the Insecticon. You're a lost cause," Knock Out replied.

"Wait a minute," the Insecticon said. "You said I'm ugly! I'm the prettiest Insecticon of Cybertron."

"Not the bright one," Knock Out commented. "You could also be the only one, so you have no choice but to be the prettiest."

Ratchet entered in the room: "So?"

"Arcee needs a paintjob and the Insecticon is a lost cause for beauty," Knock Out saw Ratchet taking his wrench. "Not my paint! Also! It's just the primary check. Arcee had nothing deep damage while the Insecticon had too much dent on his helm. Further analysis is needed. You can give me a hand since you're here. I'll don't have to touch it."

Ratchet sighted and threw the wrench. Knock Out wimped when the wrench passed near him.

"I said watch my paint!" Knock Out shouted.

Arcee rolled her optic and she had a small smile.

"Sparking," the Insecticon told Knock Out.

Knock Out showed his middle finger just like he saw in human movies. He then picked a scanner and gave it to Ratchet.

"Just out of curiosity, how many wrenches do you have?" Arcee asked.

"Enough for the entire team," Ratchet replied.

Knock Out optics reached its maximum size for a second before turning back to normal.

"You can lie down on the table," Ratchet said.

The Insecticon didn't move.

"On the table now!" Ratchet repeated annoyed.

"On the table please," Arcee said.

"Yes my queen," the Insecticon lied down on the table.

"My queen?" Knock Out asked confused.

"Long story," Arcee replied.

"I'll want to hear this juicy story later," Knock Out smirked.

"What are you doing with this?" the Insecticon asked confuse. He looked at the scanner and he kept a distance from it.

"It's to check in your processor, if we find something in your helm of course," Knock Out replied.

"We suspect it to be damage. You have too many bump on your helm," Ratchet replied.

"Let's activate the scanner and try to see something inside this helm," Knock Out said.

Ratchet scanned the helm and it was done. He then moved to the rest of the body just in case.

"Done," Ratchet said. He walked by the side of Knock Out and they checked the result.

"His body is undamaged," Knock Out commented.

"But his helm is not in perfect condition," Ratchet continued.

"Right. I can see this little part there cracked and out of function," Knock Out followed up and pointed the part.

"The rest of the processor is undamaged. Wait, this part isn't connected to the processor," Ratchet said.

"So I have a processor. Wha-la-la-la-la!" the Insecticon shouted with a mocking tone.

Knock Out picked the wrench on the ground and threw it at the faceplate of the Insecticon. The Insecticon didn't flinch.

"You don't throw the right way," Ratchet commented.

"What is the damage part?" Arcee asked, wanting to finish this.

"It's some kind of emitter-receiver," Knock Out replied.

"You know what it is? I never see it before," Ratchet commented.

"I had to scan a few Insecticons and one of them had his mouth babbling nonsense most of the time. The only reason I listened to him is that he buffed me after Breakdown was offline by Airachnid. He told that this is the part that connects to the hive-mind. Since its damage, he's out of it," Knock Out explained.

"Wait!" the Insecticon shouted. They looked at him. "What do you mean by lost cause?"

Knock Out looked at Arcee: "You don't have a good taste on servant. We should wait until his processor catch up."

"His missing recharge is catching up," Arcee replied.

"So not all Insecticons are dead?!" the Insecticon shouted, hope in his voice.

"I'm not sure," Ratchet replied.

That killed his hope.

"Except that, he just needs to be fixed with his light injury," Ratchet concluded.

A loud sound was made. The Insecticon put his servo on his tank. "My tank. It hurt!"

"What?!" Ratchet and Knock Out shouted. The looked again at the scan and they didn't see anything.

"You're tank isn't damage," Ratchet concluded.

"Argh!" The Insecticon shouted when his tank made another loud sound.

Arcee realised: "The rotten energon."

"W- I can see the symptom," Ratchet recognised it. "He must have found a very old energon cube."

The Insecticon stood up painfully and he walked forward. Sadly for Knock Out, was now in front of him.

"No. Don't purge on me! Not on me!" Knock Out shouted.

The Insecticon opened his mouth and he purged loudly his tank from rotten energon.

"NOOOOOO!" Knock Out screamed on his knee. "MY PAINT!"

AC: This is the end of chapter 2.

Chapter 3: A cold welcome.